14 Hidden Gems in Stockholm Most People Walk Right Past
14 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Hallwyl Museum
4 Hamngatan, Skravelberget Mindre, Stockholm, 111 47, Sweden
Behind this unassuming facade on one of Stockholm's busiest shopping streets is a palace containing roughly fifty thousand objects, collected by one woman over one lifetime.
Jarnpojken (Iron Boy)
2B-C Slottsbacken, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 30, Sweden
You are going to have to look carefully for this one, because Stockholm's most beloved resident is only fifteen centimetres tall.
K.A. Almgren Silk Factory and Museum
15A Repslagargatan, Södermalm, Stockholm, 118 46, Sweden
In eighteen thirty-three, a man named Knut August Almgren had a problem.
Kungstradgarden Metro Station
Stockholm, Sweden
You are about to descend into what looks like an archaeological excavation that someone forgot to finish.
Marten Trotzigs Grand
81 Västerlånggatan, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 29, Sweden
You are about to walk through Stockholm's narrowest street, and honestly, if you are claustrophobic, maybe just have a look from the entrance.
Monteliusvagen
Monteliusvägen, Södermalm, Stockholm, 118 24, Sweden
This four-hundred-metre walking path runs along the northern cliffs of Sodermalm, and it offers what many Stockholmers quietly consider the finest view in the city.
Observatorielunden and the Old Observatory
120 Drottninggatan, Vasastan, Stockholm, 113 60, Sweden
There is a small, elegant building sitting on top of this hill, and it holds a world record that no other place on Earth can claim.
Rosendals Tradgard
12 Rosendalsterrassen, Djurgården, Stockholm, 115 21, Sweden
The story of this garden starts with one of the stranger career pivots in European history.
Skinnarviksberget
9B Yttersta Tvärgränd, Södermalm, Stockholm, 118 23, Sweden
The highest natural point in central Stockholm is not a tower, not an observation deck, and definitely not somewhere you will find a ticket booth.
Skogskyrkogarden (Woodland Cemetery)
122 Sockenvägen, Boo, Saltsjö-Boo, 132 46, Sweden
You are standing in the only working cemetery in the world that is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Swedish Army Museum
13 Riddargatan, Läderkanonen, Stockholm, 114 51, Sweden
Here is a fact that surprises almost everyone.
Tantolunden Allotment Gardens
24 Ringvägen, Södermalm, Stockholm, 118 67, Sweden
These tiny painted cottages scattered across the Sodermalm hillside exist because Stockholmers were starving.
Tyska Kyrkan (German Church)
16 Svartmangatan, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 29, Sweden
The tallest building in Gamla Stan is not Swedish.
Uppland Runic Inscription 53
Kåkbrinken, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 27, Sweden
Look at the corner of the building where Prastgatan meets Kakbrinken.
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